Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim

Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (5 September 1569-7 July 1645) was a German Protestant general and amateur poet during the 17th century. He served as a general of Bohemia and Sweden during the Thirty Years' War.

Biography
Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim was born in Neuenstein, Wurttemberg, Holy Roman Empire on 5 September 1569, and he studied in France and Italy. In 1591, he served under King Henry IV of France against the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion, and he also became a Colonel in 1595 during the Long Turkish War and crushed a Hungarian rebellion in 1605. In 1607, he became a member of the Bohemian estates through marriage and became involved in the anti-Habsburg resistance, commanding a cavalry unit at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620. In 1621, he was banished following the quelling of the Bohemian Revolt, but he later achieved peace with the Emperor and became Lord of Weikersheim. He later settled in Langenburg after a second banishment and amnesty, and he became an amateur poet. He died there in 1645.